The vote of no confidence was completed.
Boris Johnson is allowed to remain Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Score: 211 in favor, 148 against.
Voting started at 19:00 and ended at 21:00 Swedish time. Boris Johnson His partymates voted whether they trusted him or not.
An hour later came the announcement – by 63 votes.
Boris Johnson is allowed to remain Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Score: 211 in favor, 148 against.
A queue entered the polling station during the evening. Among the parliamentarians on the waiting list, there is healthy small talk, mostly about questions of a practical nature, as the Guardian wrote.
Boris Johnson was said to have said in a closed-door meeting to members earlier today, “I’m going to win for you again,” according to the BBC.
180 votes required
The decision to vote of no-confidence was based on the fact that at least 54 deputy prime ministers (15 percent) had called for a vote of no-confidence. It was up to the 359 members of the Conservative Party to decide Johnson’s fate.
After allowing the prime minister’s party whip to work, a number of members had already declared their support ahead of the vote, notes Daily Mail journalist John Stevens, who held the count. At 19:20, 140 members announced their support for Johnson, Stevens wrote on Twitter.
Boris Johnson needed 180 votes to stay in office. Now he avoids further voting for a year.
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